Week Prior to Unit Plan – Send note home to parents letting them know about upcoming unit and have their child gather data regarding current consumption food consumption for week prior to unit. Keep Journal of what you eat every day using
I. Introduce your problem (DAY 1) A. Distinguishing what food is bad, ok or great for your body. B. Lack of knowledge or commitment to eating healthy and excercising regularly. C. Student buy-in to eating healthy and excercising more.
II. Activities students need to complete to be able to do their project (DAY 2-4) A. Explore selected resources and keyword search five food groups. B. Creating a group KWL chart on what students know about good food, what I want to know and what I learned on paper and converting to computer presentation. C. Gather data on 3 different fast food meals from the following 3 websites:Use the three links below to find 3 fast food restaurants that you enjoy. http://www.fatcalories.com/ http://www.dietfacts.com/fastfood.asp http://www.chowbaby.com/fastfood/fast_food_calories.asp D. Read Article and create 2 mind maps on paper and transfer to Webspiration later
III. Projects to demonstrate the collaborative group's final product: (DAY 5) A. Group choose method of presentation (e.g. video, power point, audio or brochures) B. Present findings on a group wiki with teacher help.
Week Prior to Unit Plan – Send note home to parents letting them know about upcoming unit and have their child gather data regarding current consumption food consumption for week prior to unit. Keep Journal of what you eat every day using
I. Introduce your problem (DAY 1)
A. Distinguishing what food is bad, ok or great for your body.
B. Lack of knowledge or commitment to eating healthy and excercising regularly.
C. Student buy-in to eating healthy and excercising more.
II. Activities students need to complete to be able to do their project (DAY 2-4)
A. Explore selected resources and keyword search five food groups.
B. Creating a group KWL chart on what students know about good food, what I want to know and what I learned on paper and converting to computer presentation.
C. Gather data on 3 different fast food meals from the following 3 websites:Use the three links below to find 3 fast food restaurants that you enjoy. http://www.fatcalories.com/
http://www.dietfacts.com/fastfood.asp
http://www.chowbaby.com/fastfood/fast_food_calories.asp
D. Read Article and create 2 mind maps on paper and transfer to Webspiration later
III. Projects to demonstrate the collaborative group's final product: (DAY 5)
A. Group choose method of presentation (e.g. video, power point, audio or brochures)
B. Present findings on a group wiki with teacher help.